Shield for vehicle windows



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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE SHIELD FOR VEHICLE WINDOWS William T. Clark,Philadelphia, Pa.

Application September 18, 1930 Serial No. 482,675

Claims. (Cl. 296-44) This invention relates to shield means intended ingthe sun and rain shield wings and one of the for use in association withvertically sliding glass pivot brackets by which they are attached tothe windows of automobiles and the like. automobile door. Moreparticularly, my invention has reference Fig. VI is a detail sectionalview taken as indito combined sun and rain shields of the type discatedby the arrows VIVI in Fig. II.

closed in a co-pending application, Serial No. Fig. VII is a fragmentaryview, corresponding 386,768, filed by me on August 19, 1929. The ortoFig. II, showing a slight modification of my inganization featured inthe identified application vention; and, A embodies a sun shield wing ofcolored or translu- Fig. VIII is a vertical sectional view of the or- 10cent glass and a rain shield wing of transparent ganization depicted inFig. VII. plate glass, the two wings being independently As in theprevious application above referred pivoted on a common axis inside thetop of the to, my present invention includes a sun shield Window so asto be swingable from a normally rewing 10 and a rain shield wing 11which, as shown tracted position Within the vehicle into operative inFigs. I-V, are pivotally attached by means of 18 or'projected positionin relation to the sliding a pair of brackets 12 to the top of the door13 7 glass sash. With the aforesaid rain shield wing of the automobileso as to be swingable inward is associated a cam means which, byco-operaand outward through the window opening 14 of tion with thesliding glass sash incident to adthe door when the sash glass 15 islowered by justment of the latter, causes said rain shield manipulationof the usual hand crank 16. The '20 wing to be moved, with provision ofa regulatable sun shield wing 10 comprises a colored or transventbetween said wing and. the sliding sash. lucent plate of glass or thelike 1'? whereof the Provisions are also made in the above referred toopposite end edges and contiguous corner porapplication for releasablyholding the two wings tions are cemented into the channel hollows ofretracted within the vehicle body when not angularly-contouredsupporting hangers 18. For 25 needed. greater security I provide thelower edge of the My present invention is directed in part toward glass17 adjacent each end with a notch 19 to structural refinements inconnection with sun and enga 111g 20 tending transversely of the rainshield means of the kind indicated whereby hollow in the bottomhorizontal projection of assembling of their component parts, andapplithe corresponding hanger 18, as shown in Fig. V. 30 cation of themto vehicle Windows of different At their tops the hangers 18 haveintegrally sizes is greatly facilitated. formed split bosses 21 forrespectively engaging Another object of my invention is to provideimhinge pintles 22 fixed against rotation in the proved means foryieldingly holding the shield brackets 12 as hereinafter more fullyexplained. wings against displacement in the inactive or rey means ofScrews the t o al engagement 35 tracted position as well as in differentpositions of the bosses 21 with the stationary pintles 22 to which theymay be shifted incident to use. may be regulated to yieldingly hold thewing 10 Still further objects and attendant advantages in any positionto which it may be swung. The of this invention will be manifest fromthe folrain shield Wing 11, on the other hand, embodies lowing detaileddescription of the attached drawa clear glass plate 25 to the ends ofwhich are #10 ings, wherein Fig. I is a fragmentary perspective securedhangers 26 whereof the construction is view of the inside of the frontalportion of an aud al W t Of the a s 8 of the sun tomobile body showingone of the door windows shield win 10 and provided at their p W fittedwith my improved shield mean screw regulatable split bosses 27 tosimilarly en- 'Fig. II is a fragmentary view of an upper corner e theStationery pintles 22 f e brackets 12 45 of the door window, drawn to asomewhat larger respectively. From II i will b particularly scale, andshowing the parts of the shield means oted that eac pa of correspondingbosses 21, in greater detail. 2'? of the shields 10, 11 is snuglyaccommodated Fig. III is a sectional view, taken as indicated in aninterval tw the pintle upp n ugs :b the rrows III -III in Fig, II,showing the 28, 29 of the brackets 12. In each instance, one 5o'slidingsash glass of the door window closed and d Of the pintle 22 sfree in the boss 29, while the sun shield wing downin operativeposition. he Other d is in threaded engagement With Fig. IV is a view,corresponding to Fig. 111, the boss 28, as conventionally indicated at30 showing the rain shield wing projected and the in Figs. II and VI,and fitted with a nut 31 which sun shield wing retracted. v is adaptedto jamb against the outside face of said 55 Fig.Visafragmentaryperspective view showlug for the purpose of preventing rotation of thepintle 22. For further assurance against the possibility of the lattercontingency, I provide the boss 28 with a set screw 32 to bind againstthe pintle 22 at one side. As shown to the best advantage in Figs. I,III and IV, the brackets 12 are made to substantially right angledconfiguration so as to bear against both the inside and bottom faces ofthe top rail of the door 13 adjacent the top corners with the pintles 22constituting the fulcrum axes for the wings 10, 11 lying within thewindow opening 14. Screws 33 are shown as a convenient means in thepresent instance for fastening the pivot brackets 12 to the door 13.

Secured to or forming a part of the forward hanger 26 of the rain shieldwing 11 is a bafile 35 of triangular configuration, which, when saidwing is fully extended, as shown in Fig. IV, operates, incident toforward travel of the vehicle to deflect wind as well as rain whilepermitting ventilation over the top of the sash glass 15. The baflie 35,by cooperation with the upper edge of the sash glass 15, also functionsas a cam whereby the wing 11 is gradually moved, to the position of Fig.IV, incident to raising of said sash glass. It is noteworthy here thatan extension 36 of the baffle prevents complete closing of the sashglass 15 with consequent determination of a minimum opening forventilation at 37.

To prevent entry of rain over the top of the wing 11' when projected, asin Fig. IV, I provide a rubber-edged sealing strip 38 which extendsacross the top of the window opening 14. As shown in Figs. I-IV, theweathering strip 38 is fixedly supported jointly by the pivot brackets12, and one or more angle lugs 39 secured to the top rail of the door 13at suitable intervals intermediate said brackets.

Ordinarily, the wings 10, 11 are swung up out of the way within thevehicle body to the positions respectively indicated in full anddot-anddash lines in Fig. IV. When the rays of the sun are to beintercepted with the window completely closed, both wings 10, 11 aresimply swung down parallel with the sash glass 15 as shown in Fig. III.In rainy weather, the sun shield wing 10 is kept retracted, and the rainshield wing 11 swung out through the window opening 14 over the top edgeof the sash glass 15 previously lowered. Then, by cam action of thebaffle 35 with the glass 15, the wing 11 is gradually swung upward asthe said glass is raised. With advance of the top edge of the sash glass15 past the corner of the baffle 35, the shield glass 26 is brought intopressure contact with the sealing strip 38. Further raising of the sashglass 15 thereafter will be attended by gradual decrease in the openingfor ventilation until the minimum clearance 3'? is attained asdetermined by the extension 36 of the baflie 35. Variable ventilationmay thus be had to the exclusion of rain. In instances where rain isaccompanied by high wind velocity, the sun shield wing 10 may be swungdown as in Fig. VIII for service as a bafiie to prevent direct draft.

In the modification of Figs. VII and VIII, the sealing means has theform of a molded strip 38a of rubber. From Fig. VIII it will be notedthat this strip 38a is grooved to engage over the upper edge of theglass plate 25 of the rain shield wing 11a and that it affords aflexible tongue 40 which seals weather tight against the lower face ofthe top rail of the door 13 when the said wing 11 is fully projected. Inall other respects, the modification is identical with the firstdescribed embodiment of my invention featured in Figs. I-VI, allcorresponding parts having been identified with the same referencenumerals previously used to preclude the necessity for repetitivedescription.

The use of individual brackets 12, as herein featured, to support thewings 10, 11 greatly facilitates fitment and application of my improvedshield means to the vehicle windows. The adaptation of the shield meansto windows of different sizes is obviously a simple matter in viewof'the novel features of construction hereinbefore disclosed since itentails only cutting of the shield glasses 1'7 and 25 to the properlength. It is furthermore obvious that the shield means of my inventionmay be made of single wings for protection against either rain or sun asmay be desired; or again it may be utilized in the single form as anauxiliary shield means in connection with the frontal wind shield of anautomobile to protect the driver against headlight glare incident tonight driving.

Having thus described my invention, I claim:

1. The combination with the sliding sash glass of a window and shieldmeans including a Wing, 100 of a pivot mounting for supporting the winginside the top of the window with capacity for projection outwardthrough the window opening, said pivot mounting including a bracketsecured to the window frame, and a hanger with an ad- 405 justable splitbearing boss to frictionally engage a non-rotative pintle in the bracketwhereby the wing is yieldingly held against displacement in differentpositions of adjustment.

2. The combination with the vertically sliding F11 sash glass of awindow and shield means including a wing plate, of a pivotal mountingfor supporting the wing plate inside the top of the window with capacityfor projection outward through the window opening, said pivot mountingcomprising a pair of brackets secured to the window frame, and hangersengaging the plate of the shield wing at opposite ends, said hangersbeing formed with adjustable split bosses to engage nonrotative pintlesin the brackets whereby the shield wing is held against displacement indifferent positions of adjustment.

3. The combination with the vertically sliding sash glass of a vehiclewindow and shield means including a wing plate, of a pivot mounting for2 supporting the wing plate inside the top of the window with capacityfor projection through the window opening, said wing plate having at oneend, a rain battle of cam configuration adapted to cooperate with thesliding sash glass incident 5130 to movement of the latter in causingthe wing to be automatically swung to different positions, and the pivotmounting aforesaid embodying friction means to yieldingly resistmovement of the wing by the sash glass.

4. The combination with the sliding sash glass of a vehicle windowhaving shield means including a translucent sun shield wing plate and atransparent rain shield wing plate, of pivot mountings inside the top ofthe window affording the shield wing plates support with capacity forprojection through the window opening, said pivot mountings comprisingbrackets secured to the frame of the window, and associated hangersrespectively engaging the ends of the shield wing plates formed withsplit bosses to engage nonrotative pintles in the brackets, whereby thetwo wing plates are yieldingly held against displacement independentlyin different positions of adjustment.

means whereby the respective 'pintles are securely locked againstrotation, and hangers engaging the shield wings at opposite ends, saidhangers being formed with adjustable split bosses to engage thenon-rotative pintles of the brackets, whereby the shield wings are heldagainst displacement in different positions of adjustment.

WILLIAM T. CLARK.

